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US 2020/0049299 A1Published application
Seal configuration to prevent damage from explosive decompression
AssigneeHanon Systems
InventorsEric Kesler, Michael Sproule
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Abstract
A seal assembly for an air conditioning system includes an annular inner seal member and an annular outer seal member coupled to the inner seal member. The outer seal member has a first recess formed in a first surface thereof. The first recess transitions between a substantially closed configuration when the outer seal member is compressed and a substantially open configuration when the outer seal member is decompressed.
Claims20
A seal assembly for an air conditioning system comprising:
- an annular inner seal member;
- and
- an annular outer seal member coupled to the inner seal member, the outer seal member having a first recess formed in a first surface thereof, the first recess transitioning between a substantially closed configuration when the outer seal member is compressed and a substantially open configuration when the outer seal member is decompressed.
A seal assembly for an air conditioning system comprising:
- an annular inner seal member;
- and
- an annular outer seal member coupled to the inner seal member, the outer seal member having a plurality of first recesses formed in a first surface thereof and a plurality of second recesses formed in a second surface thereof, each of the plurality of first recesses and the plurality of second recesses transitioning between a closed configuration when the outer seal member is compressed and an open configuration when the outer seal member is decompressed.
A block fitting assembly comprising:
- a block fitting configured as one of a female block fitting and a male block fitting, the block fitting receiving a tube conveying a refrigerant;
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- a seal assembly engaging the block fitting, the seal assembly including an annular elastomeric seal member having a plurality of recesses formed therein, the elastomeric seal having gases from the refrigerant embedded therein from a sorption process, the elastomeric seal releasing the gases through the plurality of recesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.